A board of directors must consist of one or more individuals, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws.
The number of directors may be increased or decreased, from time to time, by amendment to, or in the manner provided in, the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.
Directors are elected at the first annual shareholders' meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter unless their terms are staggered under Section 79-4-8.06.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act
Article 8 - Directors and Officers
§ 79-4-8.01. Requirement for Board of Directors; exception; duties of Board
§ 79-4-8.02. Qualifications of directors
§ 79-4-8.03. Number and election of directors
§ 79-4-8.04. Election of directors by authorized classes of shares
§ 79-4-8.05. Terms of directors generally
§ 79-4-8.06. Staggered terms for directors
§ 79-4-8.07. Resignation of directors
§ 79-4-8.08. Removal of directors by shareholders